Mop



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MOP

Filed June 2l, 1943 Lm FKA/VK /V/T SCH/@Effe Patented Dec. 19, 1944 UNITEDv STATES PATENT OFFICE MOP Frank M. Schaefer, Chicago, Ill., assigner of onehalf to William` G. Pankonin, Chicago, Ill.

Application June 21, 1943, Serial No. 491,575

1 claim. (C115-12o) r This invention relates to stick mops and more particularly to a combination mop and wringer, wherein the mop fabric is connected between a supporting clip on one end of a mopstick and a shiftable and rotatable spirally grooved sleeve `carrying a rotatable handle for retracting the sleeve for coaction with a stationary roller means whereby the sleeve is rotated to cause the mop fabric to be spirally twisted around the mopstick to wring the water out of the mop fabric.

It is an object of this invention to provide a simple and effective combination wipe up mop andv wringer construction wherein the mop fabric may be spirally wound and unwound to stretch and wring out the mop fabric and then position the mop fabric in looped form ready for further use.

It is also an object of this invention to providea mop wherein the mop fabric is attached to a support on one end of the mopstick and also to a wringer means adjustably mounted on the mopstick.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a mop adapted to support a mop fabric with the ends engaged on supporting means on the mophandle with one of said supporting means being operable to cause wringing out of the mop fabric after the same has been used.

It is furthermore an object of this invention to provide an improved scrub mop carrying a looped mop fabric having one end thereof connected with superimposed sleeve members which are rotatably and shiftably mounted on the mopstick to facilitate wringing out of the mop fabric by simultaneously shifting and rotating the suA perimposed sleeve members upwardly along the mopstick.

It is furthermore an object of this invention to provide a scrub mop wherein the stick portion is equipped with a mechanism which is attached to the mop fabric for spirally winding and stretching the fabric around the mopstick to thoroughly wring out the fabric.

It is another object of this invention to provide a scrub mop wherein the mop fabric is supported between the mopstick and a mop fabric wringing mechanism supported on the mopstick.

It is an important object of this invention to provide a scrub mop of the ordinary stick or handle type wherein the mop fabric has one end thereof releasably engaged on a mopstick head while the other end of the fabric is attached to a spirally grooved handle-operated sleeve on the mopstick mounted for caction with a roller member mounted on the mopstick and coacting -with the spiral groove of the member to cause stretching and spiral wrapping lof the mop fabric around the mopstick to wring out the fabric when the spirally-grooved sleeve is moved upwardly on the mopstick.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the specification and the accompanying draw` The invention, in a` preferred form, is illustrated in the drawing and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawing: 1

Figure 1 is anelevational View of an improved combination mop and wringer embodying the principlesof this invention, with the mopstick broken away and showing the mop fabric in looped position ready for use, `with the wringing mechanism in its lowermost position onthe mop-` stick.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary elevational view of the `combination mop and wringer with the wringing mechanism in its uppermost position with the mop fabric tensioned and spirally wound around the mopstick' for squeezing the water from the mop fabric.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal setional view of the wringer mechanism with parts broken away and with parts shown in elevation.

`Figure 4 is an enlarged detailed cross-section taken on line IV-IV of Figure 3.

As shown on vthe drawing: l

The improved scrub or wipe-up mop of this invention comprises a handleor stick1l, constructed of wood or other suitable material and having secured on the lower end thereof a mop fabric supporting head consisting of a collar 2 which is rigidly secured to the end of the handle or stick l. Integrally formed on the collar 2 is a wire loop head 3 formed with an eye 4 for removably receiving a hook 5 engaged therein to close the loop head after the wire loop head has been engaged through a tubular or passaged cloth hem 6 forming one end of the mop fabric 'l which may be constructed of fibrous materials, cords o1' selected kinds of cloth as preferred.

The fabric strands or cords forming the mop fabric 1 have the ends thereof opposite the hem 6 all vrigidly or tightly secured in a second tubular or passaged hem 8 through which an attaching wire 9 is engaged to permit the second end of the mop fabric to be attached around a peripherally grooved or spool-likev attaching head or collar I0 forming apart of a `mop fabric stretching and wringing mechanism forming part of the improved mop and slidably supported on the mop handle or stick I.

The improved mop fabric stretching and wringing mechanism comprises a body portion in the form of a sleeve I I constructed of metal or other suitable material provided with a spiral slot or groove I2. The spirally slotted or grooved sleeve II may be formed of a metal tube in which the spiral groove is cut or if preferred, the spirally grooved sleeve II may be formed out of a strip of metal which is spirally wound forming the spiral groove I2 therein.

Secured in a predetermined position on the mop handle or stick I is a pin or screw on which a roller head I3 is rotatably mounted. The roller head sits on the mop handle and is of a size to project into the spiral groove I2 of the sleeve II so that when the sleeve is slidably moved on the mop handle or stick l the sleeve is caused to rotate thereon due to the coaction of the guide roller I3 working in the spiral groove I2 of the sleeve.

Rigidly secured or integrally formed on the upper end of the grooved sleeve Il opposite the collar I0 is an upper retaining ring flange I4. Also integrally formed or rigidly secured on the grooved sleeve II at a spaced distance below the upper ring flange I4 is an intermediate ring flange I5. Rotatably and shiftably supported von the spirally grooved sleeve Il between the ring anges I4 and I5 is a spool-like or tubular gripping handle I6 constructed of wood or other suitable material adapted to be gripped by'an operators hand to move the spirally grooved sleeve longitudinally on the mop handle or stick I for the purpose of stretching and spirally twisting the mop fabric around the mopstick to wring the water from the mop fabric or cause unwinding of the mop fabric from around the stick after a wringing operation to permit the mopfabric to hang in a looped form` from the lower end of the mopsticlr for further use.

It will thus be noted that the mop fabric 1 which has one end removably attached to the mop head 3 and the other secured to the grooved collar I0 may be tensioned and spirally wound around the mopstick I with the upward movement of the sleeve II by means of the handle I6, while a downward movement of the sleeve II on the mopstick I will unwind and release the fabric to permit the same to hang in a looped position from the lower end of the mopsticl: for lfurther use. The slidable movement of the spirally .Li Il) grooved sleeve II on the mopstlck I coasting with the guide roller I3 causes rotation of the sleeve I I on the mopstick I and within the handle I6 which does not rotate with the rotation of the sleeve II but is merely pushed into engagement with the flange ring I4 for an upward movement of the sleeve II and against the intermediate ring flange I5 for a downward rotatable movement of the sleeve II with respect to the mopstick I.

In order to facilitatevmounting of the handle I6 upon the upper portion of the sleeve II between the flange I5 and the upper flange I4, said upper flange or ring may be threaded or otherwise removably engaged on the threaded upper end ofthe sleeve I I.

It will, of course, be understood that various details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and it is therefore, not the purpose to limit the patent granted hereon otherwise than necessitated by the scope of the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

In a mop apparatus including a mopstick having one end of an elongated mop fabric attached thereto, a roll shaped control means mounted to rotate on an axis normal to the axis of the mopstick, and inner and outer concentric cylindrical members mounted ori-the mopstick, said inner cylindrical member connected with the other end of said elongated mop fabric, said outer cylindrical member mountedl on said inner cylindrical member so as to be rotatable thereon but not slidable longitudinally thereof, said innercylindrical member positioned to coact with the roll shaped control means to be rotated thereby when the outer cylindrical member is manually moved longitudinally with respect to the mopstick to longitudinally move the inner cylindrical member into coacting engagement with the roll shaped control means to be rotated thereby in a direction depending upon the direction of longitudinal movement of the concentric inner and outer cylindrical'members on `the mopstick to cause wrap- 'ping and tensioning of the elongated mop fabric to wring the same with the outward longitudinal movement of the concentric inner and outer cylindrical members on the mopstick and causing unwrapping of the mop fabric when said concentric inner and outer cylindrical members are moved downwardly on the mopstick to permit the unwrapped elongated mop fabric to hang in a looped position ready for use.

FRANK M. SCI-IAEFER. 

